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Court Disqualifies Kobre & Kim Over Notice of Conflict
Finding Kobre & Kim's efforts to isolate a newly hired partner from a potential conflict inadequate, a state judge has disqualified the firm from representing a client in a $285 million arbitration claim over the sale of auction rate securities by the brokerage arm of Lehman Brothers.NY Firm Disqualified From High-Stakes Lehman Litigation
Firm Disqualified From $285 Million Lehman Case Over Notice of Conflict
Finding inadequate a law firm's efforts to isolate a newly hired partner from a potential conflict, a New York state judge has said he will "reluctantly" disqualify the litigation boutique from representing a client in an arbitration against former Lehman Brothers Holdings employees. After the arbitration proceedings had been brought before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Kobre & Kim hired a former federal prosecutor who had been involved in a criminal probe of the bank's sale of auction-rate securities.Kobre & Kim expands to Hong Kong
Kobre & Kim, a trust litigation and government investigations law firm, has expanded its practice to Hong Kong. The firm already has offices in Miami, Washington, New York and London.A lead prosecutor in Abramoff case jumps to Kobre & Kim
Andrew Lourie, chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Justice's criminal division who was one of the lead prosecutors on the Jack Abramoff case, is jumping the fence to join the litigation boutique Kobre & Kim as a partner in the firm's Washington office.Judge Calls Out-of-State Request 'Troublesome' in Slashing Fees
Western District Judge David Larimer examined the fee requests of Leclair Korona Giordano Cole in Rochester; Scheper Kim & Harris in Los Angeles; Kobre & Kim in Manhattan; and Hiscock & Barclay in Syracuse and Buffalo, particularly comparing the amount of work and rates of Scheper Kim with those of Leclair Korona, which served as local Rochester counsel.In slashing fees, judge calls out-of-state request 'troublesome'
A federal judge slashed fee requests from four law firms, reducing one firm's request by 75 percent. The judge called some of the requests excessive and wrote that it was "troublesome" that substantial work was performed by an out-of-state firm that charged much higher rates.Smaller firms catch a break in market crisis
Mid-size and small firm attorneys specializing in banking and finance litigation say investment calamities � epitomized by the abrupt collapse of Bear Stearns � create the opportunity for them to step in when the big-name Wall Street law firms that represent major banks and brokerage houses are forced to step aside due to conflicts.Trending Stories
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